There is no proof Matthew ever made a your momma joke other than what you said. Even if he did say it and then deleted it, he did not think it was appropriate and voluntarily removed it. That accusation is completely unfounded and could be construed as libel.
I don't believe I have a burden of proof. My personal testimony is that it occurred, either by him or someone posting under his account, and that I considered it heavily when forming my personal opinion of what kind of person I was dealing with. If you do not find it credible, you are welcome to disregard it. I cannot speak to whether he voluntarily removed it, just that I could not find it when I looked for it. Perhaps he could clarify this for us.
Are you saying that we can't be creative with the magazine? I would beg to differ and I think creativity is key to the future success of the magazine. The magazine offers no support to drugs or crime and in fact promotes the exact opposite. Humor is not only relegated to druggies and criminals so I take the offense to your implication that by having a sense of humor this is what we are promoting.
I have said nothing of the such. I have stated that I believe "STFU" is a poor humor choice for the stated intended audience, and that "suck my dick" is a poor choice of avatar given the circumstances. Saying we don't have "creative license" to use potty humor mainly means that much of our target audience probably won't find it funny (especially the portion of that audience with the deciding power as to whether to carry this magazine at retail), not that we're not allowed to be creative. (I have no doubt you understand that
creative is not a synonym for profanity... and also that "stfu" has been around for so long as to hardly qualify as creativity).
As far as his age, why don't you bother to look at any of the Bittalk.tv programs that are available?
I don't believe I have a burden of proof for his age either. I have believed in good faith that he is 17. If I am wrong, then so be it. No one has really come out with his actual age, but that's beside the point. If someone says he is actually a different age, I probably won't dispute it.
When it comes to his avatar we believe in the freedom of expression and individuality. As Matthew said, you can't expect him to change his facebook page, youtube videos and everything else just because he is the editor of the magazine. It is his right to express himself and any attempt to stifle individuality reeks of fascism (which the Bitcoin community is against).
Fascism? WOuldn't I have to be, like, a state or something to be fascist? I'm not even a moderator or someone with the power to censor. Yes, he has a right to express himself. He also has a right to make us all look like fools. It's unfortunate, but yes I agree it's his right. I have a right to criticize that, and of course, he has a right to disregard my opinion, as he appears to be doing.
What the problem here is your approach to the whole matter. This could have been dealt with in a much more respectful manner but you chose to came out hurling insults and accusations on the magazine's thread. We are of course open to suggestions but one person saying they don't like something is not going to make us change our minds. Now if we started to receive multiple comments to whatever effect, we would probably re-evaluate our situation.
Really? I referred to "STFU" and "suck my dick" as immature teenage behavior. That's exactly what those are. LIke I said, if you feel I should have addressed it in private, I'll concede that, but that's about as far as it goes.